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Phila. Dec. 26 1886

Dear Professor Bessey

Your letter is rec'd.
I need not say that I am delighted
to have the opportunity
of asking you to continue
your connection with the
Naturalist in charge of the
Botanical department, with
such facilities in the way of
exchanges, extras etc. as you
have hitherto had. The Botanical
Department has become
especially important recently
since you have been introducing
more numerous notes of
foreign work. It is no doubt
in every way satisfactory to
the readers, as it is to
the proprietors of the Maga-